Ohrid, 29 August 2025 (MIA) - Sixteen swimmers from six countries will take part in the 38th edition of the Ohrid Swimming Marathon, which will be held on Saturday in the waters of Lake Ohrid.

Six female swimmers and ten male swimmers are expected to swim the 25-kilometer route from the Saint Naum Monastery to the Ohrid harbor.

The female swimmers taking part in the marathon are Elena Lionello from Italy, Rosana Gosheva from Macedonia, Alicja Giedryś from Poland, Milica Ljubisavljević from Serbia, and Érika Jenssen and Mayte Puca from Argentina.

Four of the ten male swimmers in the marathon are from Macedonia: Aleksandar Ilievski, Leonid Mishevski, Petar Cekov, and Lazar Pop Trajkov. They will be joined by Aquiles Balaudo and Matias Diaz Hernandez from Argentina; Italians Federico Tamborrino, Marco Inglima and Matteo Furlan, as well as Portugal’s Hugo Ribeiro.

The marathon is organized by the Ohrid Waves 2008 Water Sports Club with the backing of the Office of President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, the Ministry of Sport, the Macedonian Swimming Federation, and the Municipality of Ohrid. It has a prize fund of EUR 12,000.

The 2025 Ohrid Swimming Marathon is being held as part of the Ohrid Water Festival.

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